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All the ideas for 'Actions', 'The Conquest of Happiness' and 'Teplitz Fragments'

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7 ideas

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

19590

Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis]

20. Action / A. Definition of Action / 5. Action as Trying

20082

Bodily movements are not actions, which are really the tryings within bodily movement [Hornsby, by Stout,R]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

20180

A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

20179

Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]

20178

Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]

20176

Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]

20177

Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]